I have been thinking about this and talking with my husband about it, and this is pretty much the conclusion I have reached. They can't hit the superbowl but they will hit somewhere and do it while the country is all in front of the TV so we don't miss it. And ruin the superbowl for most of us as well.
That's if we don't foil or catch them.
I just found this site this morning after googling “Super Bowl 2006 terrorist attack”.
I am a member of several other message boards (including many whose members are from Detroit).
These are a few posts of my thoughts on this subject this past week. Thank you for letting me join here and express them.
1. WHY aren’t people even THINKING about this? I have felt uneasy about it this past month and am glad I found this board where others feel the same.
I found some other good links out there if you’d like them. There are MANY of us that are worried about this weekend and for the record I do NOT sit around daily, worried about terrorists.
But THIS weekend I’m worried. And everyone seems to think I’m crazy. Sigh.
Miggy, Las Vegas.
Comment by Miggy — February 1, 2006 @ 1:46 pm
2.Curt, being in law enforcement perhaps you can explain something to me that makes me crazy every time it happens?
I work in a casino on the Vegas Strip. For some reason and I don’t remember why, 2 years ago during the holidays we were all told daily for about 2 weeks that we needed to be aware of “suspicious” activity.
You can imagine what all that could include when you’re dealing with drunken, gambling tourists.
One night after work I went to a coffee shop in a major Strip casino and was seated next to 5 Middle Eastern men who did nothing more than drink tea and talk- an odd combination when every one else actually EATS there.
Is THIS considered suspicious beavior if I dine there 3 nights a week and have NEVER seen this occur?
And just what am I supposed to do?
Well, I told the manager and he wasn’t the least bit concerned and I looked like an idiot.
Long story short, New Years Eve goes without incident and the BIG story on the front page of the Vegas paper the next day is how WELL things went.
One of the quotes was from a high-ranking official who said the authorities had been afraid that a group was going to steal an ambulance or something in order to gain access to the closed off Strip and then attack.
OK. WHY weren’t we told to look for this instead of waste our time looking for all other kinds of crap?
Look for people posing as authority figures- not Middle Eastern men talking quietly in coffee shops!
The whole thing has me angry all over again.
I will be HAPPY to do my best to help but give me something to go on, you know?????
Miggy
Comment by Miggy — February 1, 2006 @ 5:08 pm
3. First, off Melch- I LOVED those photos but it was almost even more upsetting to see how vulnerable that dome is going to be. I’m sorry. I just don’t know how ANYONE can believe that place can possibly be totally secured. For all we know the food, beer, and t-shirt deliveries that have already been delievered have something inside them.
Second, to Curt:
Thank you for your reply but I don’t think anyone reports ANYTHING around here. I mean, God forbid a casino should lose money by questioning anyone who looks Middle Eastern or acts suspiciously.
Do you know how many bags and packages are accidently left laying around on a daily basis?
Think of all the maids carts in the hallways at all hours of the day and night UNATTENDED by the maid, who’s in the room cleaning.
I feel like trying an experiment and sticking something in about 50 of them one day and see if anyone even thinks twice about it.
In the casino I work at fire alarms are constantly going off and nobody even blinks an eye. That’s true at other casinos as well.
Most of the management is incompetent. Look how much the coffee shop manager cared.
When the city tries to be extra secure (yeah, right) they keep a security guard at each garage but they just wave most anyone through and even if they DO stop someone all they do is have you open your trunk and then stare at your luggage.
The whole thing’s a joke here and it infuriates me because those hijackers LIVED here for some time before 9/11. They even videotaped the casino’s delivery areas, etc.
I just pray this country is safe this weekend.
And just because Condi is supposed to be there I’ll believe it when I see it. In fact, knowing how much the terrorists hate this administration it’s almost egging them on by her attending.
I was going to go MGM Grand (largest hotel in the world) to watch the game but think I’ll just stay home.
That’s another thing. Whatever happened to the no-fly zone over the Strip? There’s planes flying over it constantly, not to mention all the helicoptors.
Sorry for the rant and interuption of the Superbowl topic. I guess I’m just upset that I don’t think ANY city takes this stuff seriously despite constantly being told “it’s not a matter of if, but when.”
Comment by Miggy — February 2, 2006 @ 12:35 pm
4. Hi, Eric. I’ve worked the Superbowl parties at different casinos every year since 1997. THIS year I’m staying home and not going anywhere NEAR the STRIP.
And something else I don’t remember if I brought up here or elsewhere. I collect casino memorabilia and I was going through some player slot cards to put on ebay the other day when I noticed I had 2 Palms cards- 1 with the name Osama Ishimi. So I googled that name and the FBI most wanted website came up. This was an older slot card the Palms used back when they opened in 2001.
Since the FBI office is about 4 blocks from my house I took it there because I figured a slot card can tell you a lot about a person like when they got it, how much money they gamble, and they have to show picture ID when they sign up for one.
First off, the building was locked so I couldn’t even get in. Then a security guy approached me and asked what I wanted and I told him. He couldn’t care less and I went home, card in hand.
I’m sorry my last couple of posts have been about Vegas instead of Detroit but my point is that this attitude is everywhere. They say we’re doing such a good job PREVENTING attacks. How do THEY (whoever THAT is) KNOW?
They certainly don’t encourage us for reporting anything strange. I realize there are a lot of Osama Ishimis out there but come one! There’s tons of these sleeper cells all over America and I’m getting sick of living like this.
1300 Arabs drowned in that ferry accident in the Red Sea last night. Who do YOU think is going to get blamed for it?
Yes, I think something is going to happen this weekend and the only ones in America I’ve been able to see even CARE about this are on this board.
Very sad.
Comment by Miggy — February 3, 2006 @ 12:04 pm